Honda Transalp XL600
Hilary all ready to leave!
The plan was for her to depart early tomorrow but with the weather not being very good and she was able to find a place to couchsurf halfway down to Uppsala we got her ready to leave today. After some struggling getting all the luggage in place and finding the lost rain gear she was … Continue reading
Looking over the coolant system on the Transalp
Was a little worried that the thermostat wasn’t operating as it should since the temperature gauge hardly moved. Only on really slow riding it jumped up. So started by stripping the bike down: Drain bolt for the coolant: Hmm no washer on that bolt? Water didn’t start draining until we opened the cap on the … Continue reading
Lowering Suspension on the Honda XL600V Transalp
Will start with the harder part, the rear end (even if we did lower the front first and that was not enough). Found online people that had extended the frame to shock link arms, but that would involve cutting and welding a cast aluminum part, and also making it very hard to go back. And … Continue reading
Gel Battery Upgrade for the Transalp
Since the battery that was on the Transalp didn’t hold the charge very well and Hilary wants to lay motorcycles on their side here and there we wanted to upgrade the old acid battery for a more modern sealed gel type battery. We took out the old one and measured it to make sure we … Continue reading
LED lights on the Transalp
Even if the Transalp have decent light it’s far from enough if having to ride in the dark. So we added some Vision X XIL-S1100 Solstice lights to it. Just a clamp on the crash bar: The clamp was a little too big, and a smaller size would not reach so a strip of rubber … Continue reading